We are in the midst of a bumper crop of bio-docs: documentaries focused on single figures who have wound up on the wrong side of history and who seemingly want the chance to get their side of the story on the record.

Here is our exclusive and nonexistent interview with Mr. Secured-Undisclosed Location himself (written, of course, in rhyming, Dick-ensian verse). Our one question to Cheney: "Why can't you just say you're sorry?"

The capital's dysfunction is leading some thinkers here to conclude that "power" no long exists. In a tribal and digital world, the theory goes, top-down authority is dead. Anyone who believes that needs to see R.J. Cutler's calmly voiced yet disturbing new feature documentary called The World According to Dick Cheney.

The movie shows us first-hand Anna Wintour's immeasurable iron-fisted influence on fashion's greats: A scene featuring Stefano Pilati, creative director and head designer at the powerhouse that is Yves Saint Laurent.